Corset-fastener.



A. ROCKOWITZ.

CORSET FASTENER,

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7, 1913.

Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

Inventor,

llorney Winesses; Whg@ ABRAHAM ROGKOWITZ,

or NEW YORK, N. Y., AssmNon or ONE-HALF To LoUIs MAneoLIs, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

CORSET-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 7, 1913.l Serial No, 752,542.

Patented N0v.25',1913.

To all w/Lom t may concern.'

Be it kno-wn that '1, ABRAHAM RooKowiTz, a resident of the borough of the Bronx, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Corset-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device to be used in connection with corsets by means of which the corset may be more vreadily lunfastened than is the corset provided only with the usual. eyeand buttonl clasp. This last named fastening necessitates either further drawing the corset together in frontor loosening the laces in order to disengage the eyes Afrom the but-tons. This drawing the corset together is not only difficult and un- V comfortable but very frequently results in breaking the st-eels. VThe difliculty is increased by the fact that'the wearers figure is usually larger at night when the corset is to be removed than in the'morning when it is put on.

The object of my invention is the production of a fastening means for 'the corset which permits the corset to be unfastenedv without this additional drawing of the corset together or loosening of the laces.

A further object of my invention is the production of such a fastening means which shall be applicable to corsets already provided with the ordinary eye and button clasp.

To this end my invention consists in the peculiar arrangement, construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed..l

In the accompanying sheet of drawings which form a part of this application-Fig ure 1 is a perspective of a corset provided withl the invention, the corset being shown fastened together. Fig. 2 isa detail of the eye side of the corset shown in perspective. Fig. 3 is a perspective vof the vfastening means, and Fig. 4 is a vertical sectionA of Fig. 3. I y

The corset 1 has on one side in/ front ,eyes 2 fastened to the front steel of that side in any convenient manner, and yto the front steel lor', the opposite side'lbuttons 3 being thus made like any ordinary corset.

The fastening device '4 ,comprises two resilient strips', the upper strip 5 being superimposed upon the. lower strip 6.. and the whole being incl'os'ed in fabric forming afly 7 To the upper strip 5 are fastened eyes 8 provided at the rear with staples 9, these eyes and staples being positioned to `engage with the buttons 3 and the eyes 2 respec` tively. 'when the device is in use,'and each eye S and staple 9 being conveniently made of one piece of metal. The upper strip 5 has slots 10 in line with the staples. 4Projecting through these slots are hooks 11 which are rigidly attached to the lower strip 6. These hooks are progressive in length and engage the staples 9, projecting sufficiently above the fabric inclosing the strips to permit them to lie over the eyes 2 when the device is attached to the eye side of the Corset. hooks is such that when they are moved downward for engagement with the staples they engage the staples one at a time and when 1n position in thestaples the shortest of the hooksfshall be sutlicientlyengaged with its staple to make a strong firm fastening. Suitable means are provided for sliding the hooks l1 into and out of engagementv 'with the staples 9 and for holding them in engagement therewith. For this. purpose I have shown a4 slot 12 in the -upper strip 5, 1n which slides an eye 13 rigidly fastened to the lower strip 6 and provided with a strap or tape 14 having one member 15 of A-a snap The progression in length of the for engagement with the other member y thereof 16 fastened to the upperv strip 5, the

snap is so placed as to hold the tape taut when in position in the staples the shortest engagement. The upward movement of the hooks should be sufficient to permit the lower end of the longest of the hooks to be i the skirt of the other side. At the bottom of the fabric inclosing the two resilient strips .are skirt hooks 19 provided at the rear .with

'The device is fastened to the eye side of the corset by placing the stap1es-9 through the eyes 2; the hooks 11 are then slid over the Skirt' the become sprung in wearing, and to rigidly attach the fastening device to the corset. Thev tape 14 is-then drawn taut and held by l0 the snap 15, 16, making it impossible for the hooks to slide .out of position during wear.

The skirt hoo-ks 17 can then conveniently be engaged with the skirt eyes 20. The corset is then ready to be' put on in the ordinary manner, the eyes 8 being snapped` over the buttons?) and the skirt hooks 19 caught in the skirt eyes 18. When it is desired to remove 'the'corset the snap l5, 16 Yis disengaged and the hooks 11 pulled lfout" of engagement with staples 9 and eyes 2allowingfsaid eyes to slideiever andout of engagement with the" staples, unfastening the corset without having "tol draw 'it tighter together or unloosenstle llaces as would be necessary in disengaging the eyes 2 or 9 from the buttons 3. Theskirt hooks are readily disengaged, and Ilthe eyes 8 lifted from the buttons 3. .The

device'is then ready to be replaced o-n the eye side ofthe corset as above set forth.

3@ It' is to .be understood that I do not desire 1. An auxiliary fastening means for cor-4 substantially as described.

vto'be'limited to the exact detailsshown and describedv for obviously modifications will occur to those skilled in the art. f

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the'UnitediStates, is-

sets adapted to be used in conjunction with the usual corset-fastening means, provided with a series of .eye-plates adapted to take over thev buttons on one of the corset steels, staples adapted to extend .through the slots on the other corset steel, and a series of connected auxiliary locking devices adapted to lock said staples within said slots, substan tially as described.'

l 2. An auxiliary fastening strip for corsets 'adapted to be used between the usual corset-v fastening means, comprising a series of eyevplates' mounted on said strip adapted to take over the buttons on one of the corset-steels,

.staples formed on said eye-plates .adapted to extend through the slots on the other corset steel, and a Aseries of connected auxiliary locking devices movable on said strip and adapted to lock said staples within said slots,

; 13. An auxiliary fasteningmeans for corsets adapted tobe used in conjunction with the usual corset-fastening means, provided with a series of eye-plates adapted to take over the buttons on one of the corset steels, staples adapted to extend through the slots on the other corset steel, and a series of con-l nected simultaneously movable hooks of progressively greater length disposed adjacent said staples and adapted to be progressively moved through said staples abovesaid eyes kwhen said eyes and staples are in engagement, substantially as described.

4. An auxiliary fastening means for corsets adapted to be used in conjunction with the usual corset-fastening means, provided with a series of eye-plates adapted to take over the buttons on one of the corset steels, staples adapted to extend through the slots on the other corset steel, a series of connected 'auxiliary locking devices adapted to lock said staples within said slots, and means for maintaining the locking devices in engagement with the staples, substantially as de4 scribed. V

5. An auxiliary fastening means for corsets adapted to be used in conjunction with the usual corset-fastening means, provided with asseries of eye-plates adapted to take over the buttons 4on one of the corset steels, staples adapted to extend through the slots on the yother corsetsteel, a series of connected auxiliary locking devices adapted to lock said staples within said slots, and means for moving the locking devices into and out of engagement with the staples, substantially as described.

' 6. An auxiliary fastening means for corsets' adapted to be used in conjunction with the usual corset-fastening means, provided with a series of eye-plates adapted to take over the buttons on one of the corset steels, staples adapted to extend through the slots on the other corset steel, a series of connect-- ed auxiliary lockingdevicesadapted to lock said staples within said slots, and means for moving the locking devices into and out of engagement with the staples and for maintaining them in engagement therewith, substantiallyv as described.

7. A multiple fastener for corsets comprising a series of eyes and a series of staples adapted tov be`disposed through said eyes, a locking means for said staples comprising a series ofconnected simultaneously movable hooks of progressively greater length disposed adjacent .said staples and adapted to be progressively moved through said staples above said eyes when said eyes and staples are in engagement, substantially as described.

Signed at New York in the county of New York, State of New York, the 5th day of March, 1913'. ABRAHAM ROCKOWITZ.

Witnesses:

' Louis MARGOLIS,

HUGH H; SENIOR. 

